OBJECTIVES: To evaluate outcome and risk factors, particularly the (APATCHE II) score in elderly patients after admission to a geriatrics intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: A cross sectional study of patients ≥ 60 years admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Geriatrics department at Ain Shams University Hospital over 2 years period. We recorded age, sex, previous medical history, primary diagnosis, date of admission and discharge or death and APACHE II score on admission. Results: 202 patients admitted to the ICU were studied. The mean ICU mortality rates for these patients were (32, 5%), the mean APATCHE II score was (19.07). 27.3% of patients who died had hypokalemia and 43.2% had hyponatremia. Conclusion: ICU mortality rate are higher in elderly patients particularly with long ICU stay and hyponatremia.
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机译:高科技公司员工职业久坐行为与心血管疾病及其危险因子之关联性研究 =Associations of Occupational Sitting with Cardiovascular Diseases and Its Risk Factors among High-Tech Company Employees
机译:sequential introduction of single room isolation and hand hygiene campaign in the control of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in intensive care unit